Saturday, September 19, 2009

We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation.

Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites.

Enjoy!

Owt on’t’telly?

A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV.

TVNewStephen Fry seeks out the aye aye in Last Chance to See on BBC2 at 8pm on Sunday. The Paul O’ Grady Show returns on C4 every weekday from 5pm, with guests Mika and Dame Edna on Monday and John Barrowman on Friday. Also onMonday, Robert Mapplethorpeison Sky Arts 1 at 9.55pm.Last Chance to See is repeated on BBC2 at 11.50pm Tuesday.On Friday, Jonathan Ross has Graham Norton as a guest at 10.35pm BBC1. Jonathan Harvey scripts both editions of Corrieon ITV1 (7.30 and 8.30). Derren Brown glues us to our seats at 9pm on C4. Or rather, he did that last week.

OngoingWill and Grace at 9am and Come Dine with Me every weekday at 5.30 on C4, as well as Saturday at 4 and other repeatings on More4.Big Food Fight withSue Perkins on C4 at 10pm Tuesday (repeated 8pm Friday). Ugly Betty on C4at 10pm Wednesday.

FilmsCarry on Matron on BBC2 at 6pm Saturday. Rocky Horror on Indie at 11am. Rupert Everett as headmistress in St. Trinians on Comedy at 9.35pm Monday. La Vie en Rose at 2pm and 2.25am Wednesday on Indie.

RadioPlease also note that Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour contains a lot of relevant content and is generally LGBT friendly, but a lot of its output is not available to us before we put this on the site. For the latest Woman’s Hour stuff, subscribe to the programme's newsletter here.

Sunday 20thBBC Radio 2 - 1pm: Elaine Page. Guests Richard O’BrienBBC Radio 2 - 5pm: Paul O’GradyBBC Radio 4 - 7.05am: Sunday. Religious programme that often deals with LGBT issuesBBC Radio 4 - 11.1: The Reunion. The Creation of StonewallBBC Radio 4 - 12.04pm: Just a Minute. Graham NortonBBC Radio 4 - 8.30: Last Word. Weekly obituary that has included LGBT figures in the pastBBC Radio 7 - 7.30pm: The Frankie Howerd Show

Monday 21stBBC Radio 2 - 11.30pm: Holloway Dreams: The Joe Meek Story. Tom Robinson presents a profile of the troubled gay sound engineerBBC Radio 4 - 9.45: Book of the Week. Elizabeth’s Women. Tracy Borman’s biography examines the role of women in the life of Elizabeth I - Repeated at 12.30am every weekdayBBC Radio 4 - 6.30pm: Just a Minute. Sue Perkins

Thursday 24thBBC Radio 4 - 2.15pm: Afternoon Play: Good Evening. An affectionate look at the birth of the Beyond the Fringe team, featuring Alan Bennett as a characterBBC Radio 4 - 8.30: The Bottom Line. New series presented by Evan Davies

For a global classification of queer radio on line:http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=gay&so=26,52,78 andhttp://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=LesbianGay Internet Radio Live (G.I.R.L.) is on the air 24 hours a day with dance music from the US at www.gayinternetradiolive.com.

Wythenshaw 97.2 FM, a community radio station, airs a lesbian and gay radio magazine programme once weekly, according to Out North West Magazine published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester. Podcast http://www.tuesdaynightout.co.uk/

GayRadio-UK is a new online radio station in Blackpool and promises a variety of LGBT programming. The audio stream is at www.gayradiouk.com. Guests iunclude lesbian actress Amanda Barrie, gay icon Su Pollard and radical actor Richie Tomlinson. Daily programmes are uploaded at the most popular gay podcast site on the net, Feast of Fun www.feastoffools.net, with a speech based programme of LGBT guests, news digest and light-hearted discussion.

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